# 商法 / Commercial Code — 第十七条 (Article 17) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 商法 (Commercial Code), 明治三十二年法律第四十八号 - English title "Commercial Code": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十七条 (Article 17)（譲渡人の商号を使用した譲受人の責任等） — address `art-17` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十七条（譲渡人の商号を使用した譲受人の責任等） — (Liability of Transferee Using Transferor's Trade Name) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17 **第一項** 営業を譲り受けた商人（以下この章において「譲受人」という。）が譲渡人の商号を引き続き使用する場合には、その譲受人も、譲渡人の営業によって生じた債務を弁済する責任を負う。 art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-1 If a merchant to which business is transferred (hereinafter referred to as the "transferee" in this Chapter) continues to use the trade name of the transferor, the transferee is also liable for performance of obligations arising from the business of the transferor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定は、営業を譲渡した後、遅滞なく、譲受人が譲渡人の債務を弁済する責任を負わない旨を登記した場合には、適用しない。営業を譲渡した後、遅滞なく、譲受人及び譲渡人から第三者に対しその旨の通知をした場合において、その通知を受けた第三者についても、同様とする。 art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply if, without delay after the business transfer, the transferee makes a registration indicating that the transferee is not liable for performance of the transferor's obligations. If the transferee and transferor notify third parties of this without delay after the business transfer, the same applies with respect to a third party that has been so notified. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 譲受人が第一項の規定により譲渡人の債務を弁済する責任を負う場合には、譲渡人の責任は、営業を譲渡した日後二年以内に請求又は請求の予告をしない債権者に対しては、その期間を経過した時に消滅する。 art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-3 If the transferee is liable for performance of the transferor's obligations pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), the transferor's liability to an obligee that fails to demand performance or give advance notice of its claim within the two years after the business transfer date is extinguished once those two years have passed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項に規定する場合において、譲渡人の営業によって生じた債権について、その譲受人にした弁済は、弁済者が善意でかつ重大な過失がないときは、その効力を有する。 art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-4 In a case as prescribed in paragraph (1), any performance made to the transferee on a claim arising from the business of the transferor is valid if the party performing the obligation does so in good faith and without gross negligence. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-17/par-2: 前項 → 商法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-3: 第一項 → 商法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-1 - art-17/par-4: 第一項 → 商法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 会社法 第二十四条第一項（商人との間での事業の譲渡又は譲受け） — https://japanlaw.org/en/companies-act/art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-24/par-1 - 商法 第七条第一項（小商人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-7/par-1 - 商法 第十七条第二項（譲渡人の商号を使用した譲受人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-2 - 商法 第十七条第三項（譲渡人の商号を使用した譲受人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-3 - 商法 第十七条第四項（譲渡人の商号を使用した譲受人の責任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/commercial-code/art-17/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/132AC0000000048/art-17/par-4 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 商法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/132AC0000000048/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Commercial Code — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4293/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 224 — 商法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05